English Questions – Fill in the Blanks Set – 118

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1. The big___________at the end of the movie answers all questions.
   For operational reasons the police can’t___________his whereabouts.
   1) enlarge
   2) amplify
   3) counsel
   4) attain
   5) reveal
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 5)
   Explanation: reveal – make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others.
   
   
2. They were reluctant to___________themselves to an opinion.
   She didn’t love him enough to___________herself to him.
   1) relent
   2) Commit
   3) abate
   4) pardon
   5) exploit
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 2)
   Explanation: Commit – perpetrate or carry out (a mistake, crime, or immoral act).
   
   
3. Two men were left to___________the stockade.
   His task was to help___________Japanese prisoners.
   1) guard
   2) fancy
   3) lean
   4) persist
   5) impugn
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Guard – watch over in order to protect or control.
   
   
4. She stood blinking in the___________sunlight.
   He turned the___________on and we drove along the dirt road.
   1) smirch
   2) staging
   3) cupidity
   4) Bright
   5) obese
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Bright – giving out or reflecting much light; shining.
   
   
5. Extra-curricular activities___________sports, drama, music, and chess.
   ___________your name, address, and telephone number.
   1) despise
   2) lure
   3) Include
   4) liberal
   5) fretful
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 3)
   Explanation: Include – comprise or contain as part of a whole.
   
   
6. A cheap and___________workforce.
   Alex was of a___________nature and readily deferred to his parents.
   1) foster
   2) nurture
   3) snuggle
   4) docile
   5) restrain
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: Docile – ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.
   
   
7. The risk of drinkers inadvertently going over the___________.
   For Saturday’s match the police have set a___________of 4,500 supporters.
   1) limit
   2) fondle
   3) endorse
   4) dissent
   5) enchant
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: limit – a point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.
   
   
8. His mind soared to previously unattainable___________of insight.
   The book provides a rare___________into the complexities of government.
   1) diligence
   2) lapse
   3) dainty
   4) insight
   5) pause
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 4)
   Explanation: insight – the capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something.
   
   
9. She had news that she couldn’t wait to___________.
   Shiitake mushrooms___________a wonderfully woody flavour to the salad.
   1) Impart
   2) sought
   3) colossal
   4) agitate
   5) accede
   
   Answer & Explanation

   Answer – 1)
   Explanation: Impart – make (information) known.
   
   
10. I am too much of a gentleman to___________her age.
    He refused to___________Father O’Neill’s whereabouts.
    1) revolt
    2) abide
    3) Divulge
    4) gaunt
    5) genial
    
    Answer & Explanation

    Answer – 3)
    Explanation: Divulge – make known (private or sensitive information).